Officials privy to the meeting said the Pakistani side maintained that terrorists were the common enemies of both countries and they should jointly take action against them.

Pakistani officials told their Afghan counterparts that because of Fridayâ€™s incident, they would improve security by installing fences, concrete walls, cameras and barriers in their area. They added that they would continue to assist Afghan students who come to Pakistan for school.

Officials from the Afghan side requested that the gate be opened because a large number of people were waiting to enter Pakistan, mostly those who required medical attention, while trucks carrying perishables were also waiting to get through.

The Pakistani officials said incidents of firing on the border only occurred when there was movement on the border in areas other than the ones specified for entry or exit.

10 killed in Afghan attack on Chaman

After consultation with higher authorities, the gate was reopened at 3pm.
At least six security officials, as well as civilians were injured in two separate grenade attacks along the Torkham crossing of the Pak-Afghan border on Friday.
â€œThe first grenade fell on the Afghan side near zero point at about 1:25pm in which two Afghan security personnel and 12 civilians were injured,â€ an official said. â€œThe second grenade fell in front of FC Quarter Guard in which five Frontier Corps personnel and two children were wounded.â€